By impact: Flood Resilience

Mullum Cares

Mullum Cares is a not for profit organisation that supports its local community to reduce emissions by changing how it consumes products made for human consumption. Mullum Cares’ goal is to protect and enhance the natural environment by promoting the sustainable use of products manufactured for human consumption. This is done through inspiring and enabling…
Heat, Fire and Flood Forum

The Heat, Fire and Flood forum was organised by the Port Phillip Emergency Climate Action Network (PECAN) and Bayside Climate Crisis Action Group (BCCAG) in February 2020. PECAN, as a network, comprises a number of community groups, all concerned about real action on climate change. Check out the recording here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVe6DTJdtm0
Southern Cross U: protecting the communities it serves

This article tells the story of Southern Cross University academics who assisted during the Lismore floods, taking matters into their own hands and leading individual disaster recovery. It also details the ways Southern Cross University is becoming more attentive to the disaster resilience needs of the Lismore community, including establishing resilience hubs and resilience services…
CWRP – Northern Rivers Community Healing Hub

The Community Healing Hub and Mobile Healing Hub provides healing, cultural connection and trauma-based education and support services to First Nations people across the region who were impacted by the 2022 Northern Rivers floods. The Mobile Hub provides outreach services to isolated and remote communities. Check out their work here:https://hnc.org.au/cwrp/cwrp-northern-rivers-community-healing-hub/
Climate Risk Map of Australia – Climate Council

Over 2 million homes and businesses are at high or moderate risk today from worsening extreme weather driven by climate pollution. Is your home in the firing line? The Climate Council has the answer, via their climate risk map, and website full of resources on sourcing climate risk, handling climate danger, and taking action. Check…
Kin Kin set to better withstand the impacts of future disasters

Following the February 2022 floods and the devastation experienced by community members within and surrounding Kin Kin, in southern Queensland, the Kin Kin Community Group (KKCG) shifted its focus towards future planning and the inevitable impacts of another natural disaster on their community. They aim to be better prepared with improved emergency systems to enable…
Resilient Kids – Healthy North Coast

Good mental health is important for every child’s development, to help them deal with challenges, feel good about themselves, build healthy relationships, and enjoy life.  Healthy North Coast has partnered with schools, communities, and mental health professionals to deliver mental health and wellbeing supports for children and young people across the Northern Rivers as part…
ACYP Flood Awareness Consultations with NSW Northern Rivers Children and Young People

In 2023, over a period of nine months, the ACYP Recovery Youth Support Service had the privilege of consulting with more than 500 children and young people affected by the NSW floods as many continue to deal with the lasting trauma the floods caused. Check out their outcomes here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYX4aK4mki0
Urban stream in Seoul

This article details the transformation of the Cheonggyecheon stream in Seoul, South Korea, which was once covered by a highway. Originally a vital waterway for over 600 years, it had deteriorated into a polluted open sewer by the 1930s. In the 1960s, an elevated highway was built over it, symbolizing modernization but later contributing to…
How China is designing flood-resistant cities

To combat rising sea levels and increased flooding, cities in China are deploying and experimenting with “spongey” infrastructure as a potential solution. The design philosophy is: remove existing pipes and drains to manage rain and stormwater, and implement natural infrastructure like rain gardens and vegetation to absorb water instead. The result? Lush, green, rainforests against…
Woy Woy Peninsula Climate Change Adaptation Study

The Woy Woy Peninsula is located within the Brisbane Water catchment, in the Central Coast Local Government Area. Previous studies of Brisbane Water [Brisbane Water Foreshore Flood Study (Cardno Lawson Treloar, 2013) and the Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan (Cardno, 2015)] have shown that low-lying portions of Woy Woy Peninsula will become increasingly untenable…
Maribyrnong Flood Recovery

This site from Maribyrnong City Council is a valuable resource documenting all of the different initiatives, support mechanisms, inquiries and reviews regarding flooding in the Maribyrnong. It includes links to groups of concerned individuals, support lines, and a database of relevant resources. Check it out here:https://www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au/Residents/Emergency-Management/Maribyrnong-Flood-Recovery
Resilient Kurilpa – Kurilpa Flood Library

The Kurilpa Flood Library is a tool for learning about floods in a growing neighbourhood and city.Kurilpa is located on the most developed floodplain in Australia. A changing climate and urban landscape means future floods may be different and hard to predict. Explore insights from local stories and studies in over 170 knowledge cards to…
Resilient Kurilpa

Resilient Kurilpa is a community grassroots organisation enabling community-led resilience on the Kurilpa floodplain. Their network shares local knowledge and resources for people to plan for future floods, including a Flood Awareness Map, and toolkits for flood mitigation in homes and apartments. Check them out and get in contact here:https://www.resilientkurilpa.com/
Alma Place : A Sustainable Subdivision Case Study

The proposed Alma Place development, located at 24 Alma Road in Beechworth, provides a good case study of how the Sustainable Subdivisions Framework (SSF) can guide and facilitate exemplary sustainability outcomes on a small residential development project. Key initiatives proposed include: a subdivision layout designed to optimise solar orientation potential, a place encouraging produce growing…
Support Your Street

Documents like this ‘Support Your Street’ can be incredibly helpful for disaster preparation and disaster recovery. The document features tips for how to support those in your neighbourhood during a cyclone (Cyclone Alfred), and links to a WhatsApp group for more inspiration. Check it out here:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kNp-ibbZ6LbSACgDcU1oHTWbV1NMXDmm-SBf6qXZK0M/edit?tab=t.0
Neighbourhood Houses Victoria – Inquiry into the 2022 Flood Event in Victoria

This submission details lessons learnt by neighbourhood houses during the 2022 Victorian Floods, contributed by Keir Paterson. The submission focuses on recommended measures to strengthen the natural role already played by neighbourhood houses in disaster response and recovery. It provides valuable insight into both current approaches, and ways the system can be improved looking to…
Women Rising: Empowering Flood Recovery Report

This report, written in response to the 2022 Victorian Floods, fits within a broader body of flood recovery work undertaken by Women’s Health Loddon Mallee to apply an intersectional feminist lens to flood recovery and utilise the Gender and Emergency Management (GEM) guidelines. It informs the development of a recovery model that centres the mental…
Yarra City Flood Mapping

Yarra Council is working to take measures under the Building Regulations and through a formal planning scheme amendment to ensure construction conducted in the City of Yarra is resilient to the effect of flooding and rising water levels. This work created maps in partnership with Melbourne Water, guided by best practice design, benchmarked against methodology…
Spring Plains Watershed Repair Project

The Spring Plains Watershed Repair pilot project, on Taungurung Country, aims to restore the health of a gully in Box-Ironbark Forest using a combination of innovative ecological repair techniques. As a pilot project within the Heathcote Local to Landscape plan, it forms part of a larger, long-term strategy for ecological restoration of the region. Spring…
Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve

The Yalukit Willam Nature Association is a community group with a vision to create a beautifully designed and maintained wetland reserve with an environmental focus – the Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve. The group works closely with local Councils, in lieu of its broad key themes: Environment, Aesthetics & Public Amenity, Flood Mitigation, Water Quality, Community…